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Bus Woes

Kaya had, upon beig able to live in the W.I.T.C.H. bus for the time being, happily cooked meals for the inhabitants where she could, pleased that she could finally do her part. Today, when she woke up, she hadn't seen Matt. Thinking he might be out for a Council related activity, Kaya had let this pass, exercising in Will's classroom, training her body, and then popping over to visit Billy. When she came back, she got the feeling that Matt was still gone, and she started to worry, just a little bit. She asked around for him, but no one, not even those on Council, had seen him that day. Still, she was willing to ignore this, wait because it wasn't possible. How could it be? He was a Concil member, he was the W.I.T.C.H. bus person, it wouldn't make sense.

But she knew it was true. Felt it as surely as if she'd been told, and she couldn; bear to be around anyone, bemoaning his loss. After all, these were feelings only she knew right now, that loss of something she'd had after she had weathered so many changes. She had not thought it possible to be this cruel, after all of that.

And so she wandered to the baths, stripping down and sinking into the baths. It was perfect: she coudl cry all she liked adstay underwater so no one was the wiser.

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"I know," she said, a little sadly. "It's not like I don't know that it's not an option to stay sad or too long. The best way to deal with things on the ship is to remember the pain and keep on going, isn't it? The whole 'whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger' kind of thing."

It ached already, knowing that, in time, Matt was going to be another memory she had that she remembered fondly, and not someone that would be able to hold her in his arms again. Just the thought of someone like him being in the pods, not here was enough to feel like a weight on her heart.

"Yeah!" Lash knew all too well about things trying to kill her, like giant jello-like monsters made of deadly chemicals. "I know you'll get through this! But don't just remember the pain, remember the good times too!"

Maybe a little harsh sounding, perhaps, but Lash meant well.

"There were a lot of good times," Kaya said, attempting a smile. "That's sort of what makes it so hard, I guess. One moment you're with someone you care a lot about, the next minute they're gone. I don't expect to get over this soon, but I'm not giving up either. I never could, so long as the Ohm or whatever is out there threaten the ship and the people in it."

She managed a grin. "Anyway, I'm surprised to see you here. Weren't you not used to so much water?"

"Let's kick their butts in his name then!" Or something like that. She tilted her head at Kaya's question. "I'm still not, but I guess even a wunderkind can appreciate a nice hot bath after working," she explained, sinking back into the water again. "I've even been reading up on beach stuff. I remember how fun it was last year and doing something like that in the sensoriums would be a good way to celebrate the fact we aren't kids anymore, you know? Without the Ohm interrupting this time."

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"Darn right we will," Kaya said, keeping her more desperate, sad feelings to herself. "In any case, water is usually a pretty plentiful thing where I'm from, whether its liquid or frozen. Still, thanks to all the training I got on this ship, I won't be completely useless if we were to get trapped in the desert or something."

She grinned "I always loved beaches, actually. It's pretty fun to surf."

"Oh I've read about that actually! That sounds dangerous!" Which is why Lash had thought it was interesting and fun. "So you can use your water powers to make yourself surf or do you use that surfboard thing like the surfers in the book use? And does that means you'll come if I do make a beach?"

"Both, actually," Kaya said, laughing. "I can actually surf on the waves, and I can make a makeshift surfboard out of ice if I wanted to. It's a little hard to stay on, since its so slippery, so I prefer actually surfing the wave."

At the scenario, she nodded. "Why not? Beaches are fun!"

"Well the books seem to imply that they are," she agreed, having only one other memory to go on, before a really important question (to her) popped into her mind. Well more like a couple of them.

"So wait, if you can surf on ice, how strong are your feet? Do they still have nerves on them? Or are they immune to cold temperatures?" Sorry repodded boyfriends, it was question and answers time. If anything, maybe it was providing a good distraction.

"Books?" Had Lash really never been to the beach? Well, she supposed there was a first time for everything, although that still seemed rather hard to believe.

That was a good question. "Oh my feet are pretty strong and have nerves and all, but you also have to understand: I'm still working with my element, so its not really likely that I'm going to be feeling it as much anyway When you're one with your element, you're less likely to be harmed by things like that. It's like you create a kind of barrier that way."

"Gotta learn it from somewhere and they're more helpful than the movies sometimes. I'll manage it, you'll see. I'm the wunderkind, after all!"

She stretched her arms and yawned.

"Oh! So it's a bit like creating your own power buffer so that you aren't affected by it. I did that with Black Bombs at at home so they wouldn't hard our own units. That's a pretty effective strategy!" Lash what were you even talking about at this point, sorry Kaya, she just went on with war jargon, you'd have to forgive her.

"Well yes, I imagine they are," Kaya said, still surprised that they wouldn't have such things in her own world. She had thought that something like a beach would be pretty universal. Apparently not.

"Something like that, yes," Kaya said. "In a way, its like magic: you're already one with your element, so long as you remember that, you can work WITH it rather than against it, as most people do with nature."

Black bombs? Kaya looked confused.

In a world of constant warfare and being stuck in the labs, Lash hadn't seen many. It was almost pathetic really, if she knew what she was missing. Or cared about what she was missing.

She was going to talk some more, but Kaya's surprised face made her stop..

"Uh did that sound too complicated?" She had a feeling she might have gone overboard with the explanation. After all, not everyone was as bright as her.

"I just don't know what a Black bomb is, actually," Kaya admitted, looking a little embarrassed. "Why don't you tell em about it?"

"Oh that's a weapon I developed," Lash explained. "They were bombs that were made to go off close to my own units without harming them, but harming the units of my enemies. BOOM! Your surfing thing is a little bit like that in the sense that it doesn't harm you because you're affiliated with water."

"See, that sounds like the kind of weapon that would have helped us back when we had to deal with our own war. Bending, after all, can only get you so far before you need to go it your own, you know? But yes, I guess you could say that bending is a lot like that. Once you know how to work your element, it bends for YOU too."

"War's my business and life," the wunderkind explained with a grin. "But that is an interesting concept. How far can you go with water bending exactly? All three forms, right?"

Now she was suddenly interested.

"Yes, I can do all three," Kaya said. "I learned it all back in my world. Heck, I learned a lot more with all of the things I learned here too: hwo to move faster, how to redirect active forcem, how to move my joints so they can never spot me."

She nodded. "War is still your life then, considering."

"I dunno what I'd be without it," Lash admitted.

"Wait so you can use water to sneak around?" That was a strange concept. "Can you also like, use steam to scald the enemy?"

Kaya looked a little uncomfortable, but nodded. "It's much easier for a fire bender I think, since heat is more their specialty. I'd be more useful using water to cut through things, or freeze people in place."

She took a breath. "But its still pretty scary stuff to think about. I don't intentionally want to hurt people with bending. It's...really not what its meant for."

"I guess if you say so..." Lash mostly saw it as a great way to hurt people, unfortunately. "What else can it be used for? And is it genetic?"

She sighed. She definitely didn't like the idea of killing people so easily, but if it cam down to it, she supposed she could have Lash give her some ideas.

"Just about anything one can do with water, I can do. I can even use the water in living things, though I can control the water in people when the moon is full. The moon is sort of where we draw our power."

Hold the goddamn neotank.

"You can control the water inside people? The human body is made up of fifty to eighty percent of that stuff! That's...really cool. But I guess without a moon around here, you can't do it?"

Kaya nodded. "Yes, the moon needs to be present or we can't do it, as we learned bending from the moon to begin with, the way it controls the tides. For something as powerful as using the water in people, we would need a full moon. To date I've only done it once: when we were fighting the Ohm on Zozek II. Apparently the Ohm are mostly made of water too."

"Hmmm....Maybe I should make a gun that causes water temperatures to heat up then. Make then explode from the inside out." Lash beamed. "THAT WOULD BE SO COOL...right?"

Kaya stopped, looking genuinely bothered. "I'm no-just-what? Why is it so important we find new ways to kill people all the time? Not that I don't think it should be barred from use for the Ohm but..."

Ugh, she just didn't know already. The idea of her supplying reason to kill was bothersome enough!

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